Archives for October 2015

The owner of nine Papa John’s Bronx locations is the latest franchisee to plead guilty to wage theft charges brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Schneiderman has a history of pursuing and obtaining judgments against fast food employers. As reported on Entrepreneur.com, the pizza chain franchisee was accused of failing to pay accurate… Read More

A new class action accuses CompuCom – the large computer technical services and technical resources company – of failing to pay Field Services Technicians for “off-the-clock” work, a violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. According to the lawsuit, CompuCom required or permitted the plaintiffs to work more than 40 hours per week without paying… Read More

More than 1,600 current and former pharmacists employed by CVS Pharmacy Inc. will share in a $7.4 million settlement recently approved by a California state court. According to Law 360 (subscription required), the pharmacists claim they were wrongfully denied overtime compensation in violation of the California Labor Code and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act…. Read More

Following revelations that German automaker Volkswagen installed sophisticated software in various diesel-equipped vehicles to thwart strict U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards, owners of the affected cars are now seeking compensation for the company’s alleged fraud—and Sommers Schwartz is helping them pursue their claims. Over the past few weeks, Sommers Schwartz attorneys Jason Thompson, Lance Young,… Read More

In recent courtroom developments reported by Law 360 (subscription required), delivery drivers for Pizza Hut Inc. were granted class certification by a California judge in a wage and hour violation action involving Pizza Hut’s vehicle reimbursement policy. The drivers claim they were cheated out of $17 million due to Pizza Hut’s prior policy to pay… Read More

Sommers Schwartz is pleased to announce that senior shareholder Ken Watkins has been named to the list of Premier 100 lawyers designated by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys (AATA), a national, invitation-only organization. Formed and managed by a board of trial attorneys, AATA recognizes top attorneys who provide excellent service. The Academy’s membership is… Read More

Former interns for Fox Searchlight Pictures who brought a class action lawsuit alleging federal and state labor law violations now face an obstacle thanks to new standards set by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. According to The Wall Street Journal, in 2013 a federal judge in the lower court ruled the interns were misclassified… Read More

It is with great sorrow that we share the news that Norman S. Sommers, one of the original founders of Sommers Schwartz, P.C. died on October 18, 2015 at the remarkable age of 95 years old. “Norm was a force within the Michigan legal community and nearly 60 years ago, he had the initial vision… Read More

Some medical mistakes sound like they could be in a Halloween horror movie, like when a doctor performs surgery on the wrong part of a patient’s body. It may be hard to believe, but shockingly, it does happen, and provides grounds for medical malpractice lawsuits. When doctors operate on the wrong body part, it is… Read More

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